Genesis 43:12
in Genesis 43Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
KJV
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
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This verse in Genesis 43
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The restored money in the sacks' mouth was a perplexing circumstance. But it might have been done inadvertently by one of the servants--so Jacob persuaded himself--and happy it was for his own peace and the encouragement of the travellers that he took this view. Besides the duty of restoring it, honesty in their case was clearly the best, the safest policy.
This site's exposition
the best products of the land
on Genesis 43:11-13
Israel sends balm and honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds down as a gift. The caravan that carried Joseph to Egypt in 37:25 was loaded with spices, balm and myrrh. The freight that took the son away is now the gift sent after him by a father who does not know it. He sends double the silver and calls it a mistake.
This site's exposition
Take double the silver with you
Double the silver pays for new grain and returns what was found in the sacks. Jacob settles the error in full. His sons, once paid for a brother, now carry every coin back to its owner.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And take double money in your hand,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Double money - What was returned in their sacks, and what was farther necessary to buy another load.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Do according to the following counsel. 3 Zot (this) is feminine.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֶ֥סֶף | vekhesef | and silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מִשְׁנֶ֖ה | mishneh | double | H4932 → | 35 times |
| קְח֣וּ | kechu | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| בְיֶדְכֶ֑ם | veyedkhem | in hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֶּ֜סֶף | hakesef | the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| הַמּוּשָׁ֨ב | hamushav | that was returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| בְּפִ֤י | befi | in [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ | ʾamtechoteikhem | sacks your | H572 → | 15 times |
| תָּשִׁ֣יבוּ | tashivu | you will take back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| בְיֶדְכֶ֔ם | veyedkhem | in hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אוּלַ֥י | ʾulai | perhaps | H194 → | 45 times |
| מִשְׁגֶּ֖ה | mishgeh | [was] a mistake | H4870 → | |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְכֶ֥סֶףand silver
vekhesefH3701 →403 times
מִשְׁנֶ֖הdouble
mishnehH4932 →35 times
קְח֣וּtake
kechuH3947 →966 times
בְיֶדְכֶ֑םin hand your
veyedkhemH3027 →1618 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכֶּ֜סֶףthe silver
hakesefH3701 →403 times
הַמּוּשָׁ֨בthat was returned
hamushavH7725 →1056 times
בְּפִ֤יin [the] mouth of
befiH6310 →498 times
אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙sacks your
ʾamtechoteikhemH572 →15 times
תָּשִׁ֣יבוּyou will take back
tashivuH7725 →1056 times
בְיֶדְכֶ֔םin hand your
veyedkhemH3027 →1618 times
אוּלַ֥יperhaps
ʾulaiH194 →45 times
מִשְׁגֶּ֖ה[was] a mistake
mishgehH4870 →
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
it leads to
- Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Hebrews 1:12
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Malachi 3:6
Through
Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- 1 Peter 3:9
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.